Students from high-altitude pastoral areas are educated with warmth and care

Konchog Rapten (C) and other students perform Guozhuang dance at the Central Primary School in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. Konchog Rapten is a 10-year-old boy studying in the fifth grade at the Central Primary School in Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi.
His school, situated at an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters, is the highest-altitude school in the county. The school is well-equipped with modern facilities, including classrooms with interactive touch-screen teaching systems and heating. The campus also features both indoor and outdoor basketball courts and two soccer fields.
Currently, there are 397 students in the school. Most of them come from alpine pastoral areas and choose to live on campus.
Everyday, after washing up and having breakfast in the morning, Konchog Rapten begins his day of study with his classmates. In addition to three daily meals, they can enjoy snacks like bread, fruit, and yogurt during breaks at the school.
Konchog Rapten is most proud of his Tibetan calligraphy, and whenever he goes home, he loves to show off his skills to his younger sister.
During the summer, Konchog Rapten’s family moves to the summer pastures. On his days off, Konchog Rapten returns to the pastures, where he plays in the embrace of green mountains, and sometimes helps his father with herding.
Xizang is the first provincial-level region in China to provide 15 years of public-funded education, from kindergarten to senior high school. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Students line up to get milk at the Central Primary School in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Konchog Rapten has a computer class at the Central Primary School in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Konchog Rapten prepares to wash up at the dormitory of the Central Primary School in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Konchog Rapten’ mother Akyi (1st R) helps him dress Tibetan costumes at their home in the summer pasture in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Konchog Rapten and his family pose for a photo at the summer pasture in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Konchog Rapten (R) and his mother Akyi carry cow dung at the summer pasture in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Konchog Rapten has a class at the Central Primary School in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Konchog Rapten (R, below) and his roommates chat at their dormitory of the Central Primary School in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Konchog Rapten (L) and his father Wangden graze cattle at the summer pasture in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Wangden picks up his son Konchog Rapten (L) to go home at the gate of the Central Primary School in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Students have lunch at the Central Primary School in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Konchog Rapten (R) demonstrates Tibetan calligraphy at the summer pasture in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Konchog Rapten fetches water at the summer pasture in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Konchog Rapten (L) plays with his cousin at the summer pasture in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 4, 2024 shows the summer pasture of Konchog Rapten’s family in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Konchog Rapten is on the way to go home in Nyangpo Township of Gongbo’Gyamda County, Nyingchi, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)